{"id":19206,"date":"2019-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/40-years-of-renault-5-6x6\/"},"modified":"2020-10-06T11:43:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T11:43:13","slug":"40-years-of-renault-5-6x6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/40-years-of-renault-5-6x6\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Years of Renault 5 6×6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The little Renault 5 is still a well-known car for many of our readers. If not from own driving experiences, then in any case from the daily street scene. After all, more than nine million copies were produced in two model generations over 22 years, followed by a few thousands more until 2008 produced under license in Iran. However, probably only a few know, that besides the three- and five-door hatchback and the sedan offered in some markets as the Renault 7 as well as the mid-engined Renault 5 Turbo and the second generation van Rapid there was another variant.

After the successful premiere of the now famous endurance rally Paris-Dakar in 1978, many people in France had the ‘Dakar fever’. For the second edition, Christian de L\u00e9otard, an experienced conversion specialist and engineer, developed a 70 centimeters longer three-door version of the Renault 5 with a third axle behind the normal rear axle. He also installed a hydrostatic all-wheel drive system, in which an horizontal oil collumn is moved to drive the rear wheels. Similar systems are otherwise only known from construction machinery and agricultural vehicles. In order to bring the 6×6 steadily to a standstill at any given time, it received disc-brakes all around. The curb weight rose relatively moderately from 800 to 980 kilograms.<\/p>\n\n\n

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